UPPVMK002 General Psychology and Personality Psychology

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2020
Extent and Intensity
9/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Marta Kolaříková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. et Mgr. Maria Vašutová, Ph.D.
Institute of Pedagogical and Psychological Sciences – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: PhDr. Edita Ondřejová, Ph.D.
Timetable
Fri 9. 10. 12:15–13:50 C312, Fri 16. 10. 12:15–13:50 C311, Fri 30. 10. 8:05–9:40 C312, Fri 13. 11. 12:15–14:40 C312
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(K)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course objective is to provide information in the discipline of general psychology and personality psychology. These are essential for all the helping professions and relate to work with people and understanding topics such as the structure of personality, information processing, cognitive spheres of personality, motivation, and more.
Learning outcomes
Professional Knowledge:
- Students can characterize the basic terms that relate to general psychology.
- Students can define the terminology of personality psychology.
- Students are well versed in cognitive, sensory, and motivational processes.
- Students can briefly assess and evaluate various information about the structure of personality.
- Students are familiar with the current basic psychological literature, domestic and partly also foreign. They know the essence of core topics in the psychological context, both on the theoretical and historical basis.

Professional Skills:
- Students can use the knowledge of general psychology and personality psychology in the professional special education area.
- Students analyzes the structure of human personality.
- Students can use and apply knowledge about general psychology.

General qualification:
- students are familiar with the modification of various psychological works, knows the essence of individual psychological disciplines. Students can apply knowledge in the discipline of personality psychology in the preparation of working with disabled people.
Syllabus
  • 1. Defining the subject and goals of psychology, basic methods of psychology. Basic theoretical schools in psychology Basic concepts of general psychology - psyche, consciousness and unconsciousness.
  • 2. Attention, attention characteristics, controlled and automated information processing, sleep.
  • 3. Sensory processes - the characteristics of sensory organs, types of receptors, stimulus thresholds. Perception - the organization of perceptual field, spatial vision, perception of motion.
  • 4. Memory - types of memory, memory models, memory processes, forgetting.
  • 5. Ideas, types of ideas, functions of ideas, ideas in cognitive approaches.
  • 6. Thinking - kind of thinking, decision making, problem solving, intelligence, creativity, thinking and speech. Learning - types of learning, classical and instrumental conditioning, social learning.
  • 7. Motivation - concept and principles of motivation, motivation folders, themes and types. Emotions - concept, components of emotions, expressions of emotion, subjective experience of emotion, functions of emotions.
  • 8. History and definition of personality psychology. The subject of study of personality psychology.
  • 9. Theoretical approaches to the study of personality. Methods of psychological analysis of personality.
  • 10. Personality structure. Dynamics and personality development.
  • 11. Temperament Emotions, frustrations, conflicts.
  • 12. Character and morality. Motivation and motives. The notion of “I”.
Literature
    required literature
  • BLATNÝ, M. a kol. Psychologie osobnosti: hlavní témata, současné přístupy. Praha: Grada, 2010. ISBN 978-80-247-3434-7. info
  • PLHÁKOVÁ, A. Učebnice obecné psychologie. Praha: Academia, 2008. ISBN 978-80-200-1499-3.
  • ŘÍČAN, P. Psychologie osobnosti: Obor v pohybu. 6. revidované a doplněné vydání. Praha: Grada, 2010. ISBN 978-80-247-3133-9. info
  • SMÉKAL, V. Pozvání do psychologie osobnosti: člověk v zrcadlení [i.e. zrcadle] vědomí a jednání. 3., opr. vyd. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2009. 523 s. Studium. ISBN 978-80-87029-62-6.
  • SZABÓ, I. and D. KOLIBOVÁ. Základy psychologie. Ružomberok: Verbum, 2015. ISBN 978-80-561-0198-8. info
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, M. Obecná psychologie: dílčí aspekty lidské psychiky a jejich orgánový základ. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2016. ISBN 978-80-246-3268-1.
    recommended literature
  • HOSKOVEC, J. Psychologie. Praha: TRITON, 2002. ISBN 80-7254-219-2.
  • HOSKOVCOVÁ, S., HOSKOVEC, J. a HELLER, D. Dějiny české a slovenské psychologie. 2. přepr. vyd. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2016. ISBN 978-80-246-2402-0.
  • KERN, H., MEHL, Ch., NOLZ, H. a kol. Přehled psychologie. Praha: Portál, 2006. ISBN 80-7367-121-2. info
  • MIKŠÍK, O. Psychologické teorie osobnosti. Praha: UK, 2003. ISBN 978-80-246-1312-3.
  • NAKONEČNÝ, M. Encyklopedie obecné psychologie. Praha: Academia, 1997. ISBN 80-200-0625-7.
  • NAKONEČNÝ, M. Psychologie osobnosti. 2. rozš. a přeprac. vyd. Praha: Academia, 2009. ISBN 978-80-200-1680-5. info
  • STERNBERG, R. J. Kognitivní psychologie. Praha: Portál, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7367-638-4.
  • VAŠUTOVÁ, M. Základy biodromální psychologie. Ostrava, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7368-934-6. info
    not specified
  • ATKINSON, R. L. et al. Psychologie. Praha: Portál, 2003. ISBN 80-7178-640-3. info
  • ČAČKA, O. Psychologie vrstev duševního dění osobnosti a jejich autodiagnostika. Brno: Nakladatelství Doplněk, 1997. ISBN 80-7239-107-0. info
  • DRAPELA, V. J. Přehled teorií osobnosti. 6. vydání. Praha: Portál, 2011. ISBN 978-80-262-0040-6. info
  • Eysenck, M. W. a M. KEANE. Kognitivní psychologie. Praha: Academia, 2008. ISBN 978-80-200-1559-4. info
  • HOMOLA, M. Psychologie osobnosti: stručný výkladový slovník. Olomouc: UP, 1992. ISBN 80-7067-068-1.
  • VANDENBOS, G. R. APA College Dictionary of Psychology. American Psychological Association, 2016. ISBN 978-14-3382-158-5.
  • KOLAŘÍKOVÁ, M. Obecná psychologie a psychologie osobnosti. In E-learning kurz pro studenty studijního programu Speciální pedagogika Fakulty veřejných politik v Opavě. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
písemný online test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
In course of continuous study, students use the study material, processing it to fulfil selected correspondence assignments which will be discussed in conclusion of the course. At the exam, students demonstrate knowledge of compulsory literature and lectures of the in-person instruction. Students will be able to continuously consult the topics studied individually or in teams, via e-mail, or in consultations upon request. The course has an LMS Moodle course which is used for electronic communication with the instructor and among students.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2019, Accreditation winter, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023, Winter 2024.
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